The hind end of Windsonde gryphons are restricted to felines. These may be either domestic breeds or wild species. Patterns may intermingle and become varied.Here is a Wikipedia article for ideas.

ONLY NATURAL COLORS EXIST ON WINDSONDE. Some gryphons enjoy dying their feathers, but this technique is primitive and often does not make for very bright colors.

NOTE: It is impossible to dye large amounts of feathers and the technique is applied with the beak - so it is also imprecise. The dyes are also temporary and fade over the course of a week or two or are moulted/shed out.

Gryphons MUST have the following:

Ears

Ears need to be visible and feline.

Feet

Gryphons have four legs. They may either have feline front paws or birdlike front paws. It's more a genetic thing than anything else, like hair color. The difference is that those with feline feet are going to be much less dexterous when it comes to manipulating - but much quicker on four paws. Those with bird front feet will have a much easier time manipulating or crafting with their hands, but slower when it comes to running. Feline and bird feet are a luck of the draw genetic thing, so you may give your character whatever you wish - but just keep the previous pros and cons in mind.

Wings

Reasonably realistically sized so that your gryphon can fly.

Tail

Your gryph can have a feline tail or a combination of bird and feline, but not just bird.

Eyes

Beak

Please blend your two gryphon animals together when designing it. We don't want to see two animals stitched together in the middle.

Size: Mainland gryphons are, on average, lion size regardless of their feline or bird species. Like normal animals they can vary to a degree (smaller than average, bigger than average), but nothing extreme. Tookie Island gryphons are all, on average, house cat sized at the largest or smaller (down to hamster size).

Families: As far as families are concerned one or both of your gryphon's parents should have the traits (front end species and hind end species) of your gryphon. Therefore, the baby gryphons produced from the union of two gryphons should have traits from one or both of the parents. Simple as that. NO blending of fore or hind-end species (it's one species of bird + one species of feline).

Example: A raven/tiger + golden eagle/lion could have the following babies:

raven/tiger golden eagle/lion raven/lion golden eagle/tiger

NOTE: We are NOT a gryphon breeding game, this information is being provided in case a challenge prompts you to draw your character's family or you want to draw them for fun.

I have a question, are humming bird griffins allowed? Because I saw a hummingbird combination in a "Challenge." It might have been from Tookie island, since practically any kind of bird combination that lives in tropical regions is allowed there. Hummingbirds are one of my favorite birds so that's why I was asking :>

Oh, and this group seems to have a lot of potential. I can't wait to join! c: *scurries off to continue reading the rules*

So i can't seem to find anything about accessories anywhere, and since some others seem to have them i wanted to ask: Is it possible for a gryphon to wear fx. Jewelry? and if yes, then what kind? I assume it is not metal, gold, silver ect since that is human technology. But maybe more leather and such. But still, is it possible for a gryphon to fx. wear beaded feathers in their fur? what kind of "interesting" stuff do they have access to, to make jewelry and accessories of? (if they do that)I am sorry if this is a stupid question, i just thought that it might be better to ask instead of just assuming

Sorry about the late reply! I've been super busy. Gryphons can definitely wear jewelry. It would be primarily bone, feathers, fur, twigs, coral/shells. If they trade with humans they might be able to get some metal fixings as well, but they would be rare to acquire. Natural items. Gems would be a yes as well, although they would be in their roughest form (not even the humans can do faceted stones like we know them today).

There doesn't seem to be a specific restriction against this, but I just wanted to clarify-are extinct species allowed in the feline half of the gryphon combination? I figured since the species of birds allowed was rather specific it was referring to species alive today, but the feline doesn't seem to have that requirement.

We take those case by case. There's only one or two "extinct" mixes, permission given to certain members because we felt it was ok for them alone. Overall though, there's so many birds and cats available out there that its really extremely strongly encouraged that members go for non-extinct animals first and foremost.

I'd read the 'Rules and how to Join' journal very first, and very carefully. Then, if you meet those guidelines send us an application.

As far as blind characters they would be incredibly handicapped. They couldn't fly (that would be awfully dangerous!) and they would have to rely on others for practically everything. So I'm not sure how that would fit into most of our challenges.

What if you have a gryphon from a different group, and you want to join this one. My gryphon has slightly different characteristics but is generally based on an asiatic lion and a bald eagle. Her feet are more dragon like, though that can be fixed. Could she be like an outsider coming in/visiting/got horribly lost?This: [link]

I'm finally getting to work on my gryph, and I was wondering if it would be okay to blend bird and feline paws/talons, perhaps just for the front or for all four. I've been giving it some thought, and figured I would ask before I did that.

We have been fairly relaxed about this so far, and if you look through some of the ref sheets, you will see some characters that have a mixture like you are describing. If what you have in mind is similar to some of those things, you should have no problem. :}

Me asking questions again. But I like to be sure. I'm guessing Swallows, Swifts, Gannet's and Boobies would all be classified as Tookie Island dwellers? Or would any of these be allowed in any other aerie?

Hm, I've read this whole article as well as all of the questions asked by people afterwards, and my question wasn't answered. So here's my case ; I choose the Northern Harrier to be the avian half of my gryph. The thing is, I prefer the coloration of the Male northern Harrier (black/grey) than the female's (brown) and would like to use the natural male coloration for my female gryph.

Would that be allowed, or would I have to stick to the female coloration of a bird for a female gryph ?

There is a lot of flexibility in the marking of gryphs, given that you can mix and match the bird and cat halves. Just looking quickly through some pictures of Northern Harriers, it seems like there is a lot of variation in different subspecies, and even in individuals. I would not worry too much about male versus female markings, they are similar enough.

I haven't yet applied because I have a very specific question; the rules/breeds/types of felines and birds are fine, i'm just curious.. does it -have- to have wings, or can it not and be a strictly land dweller?